As the population aged, there was also a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt.

随着人口的老龄化，人们也从寒冷的铁锈地带（指美国传统工业衰退的地区）转向舒适的阳光地带（指美国南部）。

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Factors such as population growth, housing and job decentralization have contributed to suburbs in the Sun Belt being especially affected.

各种因素，如人口增长、住房及工作分散化等，促成了目前美国郊区的这种状况，而美国南方阳光带的郊区受影响尤其严重。

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Across the Sun Belt and in hard-hit industrial states such as Ohio and Michigan, tanking home mortgages combined with rising joblessness spell more trouble.

在整个阳光带以及工业基地州像俄亥俄和密西根州，房产抵押贷款联合失业危机正在招致更多的麻烦。

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Earlier in the day, No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast stunned second-seeded Georgetown, perhaps emboldening the Sun Belt champions.

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And like it or not, the Sun Belt has the cheapest solar energy in the world in vast quantities.

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The housing bust and the recession have slowed migration to fast-growing states in the Sun Belt and the West.

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